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Keywords now displayed on the IMDb iOS and Android apps
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We are excited to announce that keywords are now displayed in the latest versions of the IMDb iOS and Android apps. There is now a dedicated “Keywords” section on title main pages in the IMDb apps, which shows a subset of keywords that have been voted as most relevant to the title. Clicking “See All” will then take you to a new dedicated subpage, showing the title’s full list of keywords. This subpage also includes buttons to add, modify or delete keywords via the contribution interface.
You will notice the keywords are currently broken up into the following category sections: “Subgenres”, “Plot Timeframes”, “Plot Details”, and “Other”. Besides making the keywords more digestible, these categories are also helping entertainment fans to discover and decide what to watch. For example, the subgenre keywords are currently being used to power games in the IMDb What to Watch app on Amazon Fire TV devices.
It is possible to specify the category that a keyword belongs to in the keywords contribution interface on both the IMDb website and apps. For example, the category “subgenre” can be selected for the “jungle-adventure” keyword on Jumanji (1995) to signify that it belongs to the jungle adventure subgenre. Likewise, the category “plot detail” can be selected for the keyword “stampede” on The Lion King (1994) to signify that a stampede occurs in the plot.
It is also possible to select different categories for the same keyword on different titles. For example, Chris Rock: Bring the Pain (1996) can have the “stand-up-comedy” keyword with the category “subgenre”, while Seinfeld (1989-1998) can have the same “stand-up-comedy” keyword with the category “plot detail”.
To contribute a categorized keyword, just click “Edit page” at the bottom of a title’s main page, or the plus/pencil icons at the top of the keywords title subpage. If prompted (via “Edit page”), select the number of keywords you want to add, and hit “Check these updates”. You will then see the keywords contribution form, complete with a new “Category” drop-down field. See our updated help article for more information, including the contribution guidelines for each keyword category.
Please note that the “timeframe-” prefix is no longer necessary for plot timeframe keywords, thanks to the new category field. We will be removing this prefix from all existing plot timeframe keywords over the coming weeks. Please also note that the new keyword categories are not yet shown on the IMDb website. It is also not yet possible to vote on keywords in the apps. However, we are aware that these are popular missing features.
-IMDb Team
Peter_pbn
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2 years ago
FYC: Category for geographical setting
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bradley_kent
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2 years ago
Yes, keywords are more than just about plot, but this NEW program to categorize EVERY keyword into a category is ill-thought-out and places an additional burden on the contributor that SHOULD be handled by the staff. How many millions of keywords are already in the database? Now, EVERY SINGLE KEYWORD will need to be audited and corrected to place EVERY SINGLE KEYWORD into a category!
As a test, I audited the keywords on Gone With the Wind, and I am embarrassed to tell you how long it took.
One must change to "Correct" on EVERY SINGLE KEYWORD before one can even begin correcting them. (There should be some way to automatically do this rather than the time-consuming manual, keyword-by-keyword way!)
The drop-down Categories are also a problem. There should be more options.
And IMDb's "pet" Timeframe and Subgenre options are particularly annoying and poorly thought out. Apparently, the Timeframe option is intended to mainly be used for keywords that already begin with the "timeframe-" antecedent. (Someone sure likes them "timeframes"!)
The Subgenre option is apparently limited ONLY to the questionable Subgenres that were recently and prematurely announced, which prevents OTHER subgenres from being identified. On Gone with the Wind, for example, I had to enter the "Other" option for the following subgenres that are not included in IMDb's pet "new"(?) subgenres, namely: epic, melodrama, political-drama, romantic-drama, tearjerker-romance, tragic-romance and wartime-romance. I am assuming that there are many other subgenres like farce, opera, neo-noir, etc. that would NOT be allowed the Subgenre category, and subsequently are relegated to the generalized "Other" category. (Why are these new, often questionable and very subjective Subgenres so protected and supported?)
Was this new "Categories" program thoroughly tested before it was instituted? Beginning with the new Subgenres and the Timeframe keywords, I can only ask WHO is in charge at IMDb? It seems like some favored ones are making decisions that advance personal agendas, perhaps in an assertive "power play." The result is a disservice to contributors and users. I request that Col Needham please investigate and respond.
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keyword_expert
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2 years ago
I knew some changes were afoot a couple months ago when the "other" category for certain keywords temporarily appeared on the website.
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bradley_kent
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Opera and operetta are two distinct things:
Oxford Dictionary definition of opera:
a dramatic work in one or more acts, set to music for singers and instrumentalists.
"it was the best performance of the opera he had ever heard"
Oxford Dictionary definition of operetta:
a short opera, usually with a humorous subject
Both are subgenres of Musical, BUT they are not the same thing.
Opera and operetta are two distinct things.
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keyword_expert
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2 years ago
Seems like it would be pretty easy to automatically denote any keyword that starts with the "year-" prefix followed by a number (e.g., year-1903, year-33, year-323-b.c.) as automatically being assigned the "Plot Timeframe" category in the new keyword system.
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bradley_kent
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2 years ago
Well, it's starting... a deluge of incorrect, or, at the very least, questionable selection of categories for keywords.
I can give you many examples: Camera Techniques classified as Plot Details, like subjective-camera, dutch-angle, etc.; Other categories incorrectly listed as Plot Devices, like low-budget-film, etc.; and Subgenres listed as Other or Plot Devices because they are NOT listed on IMDb's recently (and debatable and incomplete) listing of Subgenres without acknowledging already existing keywords that are subgenres.
A huge mess is emerging. There are millions of potential Category mistakes looming on the horizon.
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bradley_kent
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2 years ago
So... "one-day-timespan" is not acceptable for the "Plot Timeframe" category! It is an "invalid category"! Unbelievable!
"anime"is NOT a subgenre? "b-movie" is NOT a subgenre? "erotica" is NOT a subgenre?
And "1880s" is ruled invalid for the Time Framework category?
Why are "the-past" and "the-future" not accepted in the Plot Timeframe category?
Why is "claymation" NOT a subgenre of Animation?
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keyword_expert
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2 years ago
I just caught what appears to be an error with the categorization of one specific keyword:
"forest-adventure" has been mass-categorized as a Plot Detail. I believe it should instead be categorized as a Subgenre.
With that said, "forest-adventure" is not on the list of suggested keywords. But it should be, since other keywords like "jungle-adventure" and "desert-adventure" are on there.
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bradley_kent
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2 years ago
And... "black-and-white" is being posted as a Plot Detail, when it has long been established that THAT keyword should be deleted since that information is available elsewhere!
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keyword_expert
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2 years ago
Has anyone been able to successfully view any of that on a smartphone using the IMDb app? I haven't.
I tried again today. I was unable to see any keywords while using the IMDb app. I even tested with Jumanji (1995) since that is the example given in this post, but I still saw no keywords.
I am using an Android phone with version 8.0.4.108040100 of the IMDb app installed.
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